Up Close & Personal with Kayli Summers

Oct 25, 2007

Banner Elk, NC--Today we finish up our Up Close interviews with
the volleyball team by getting to know freshman Kayli Summers.
This Collinsville, OK native played for the Tulsa Volleyball Club
before making her way to the mountains of North Carolina.

1. What made you decide to come to Lees-McRae?
It felt like home the first time I visited. Everyone was so nice to
me and I just felt that I belonged. I visited many other schools,
but I felt like a stranger at all of them. I just knew LMC was the
place for me.

2. How long have you been playing volleyball?
I started playing in the 8th grade, so five years.

3. What are your personal goals for this
season? My goals are to work as hard as I can and be open
to any coaching I receive. Also I want to become strongly bonded
with my teammates and to be fully dedicated.

4. What's your favorite volleyball memory here at
Lees-McRae so far? The very first time I practiced with
the girls they were so positive and they helped me to relax and
play my game. They were constantly giving me high fives and telling
me positive things.

5. Who has been the most influential person on your
athletic career? My volleyball coach my junior year,
Coach Barker. He taught me so much. He was a very tough coach. He
yelled and made us all cry at times but in the end I was a much
stronger player because of him.

6. If you weren't playing volleyball, what other sport
would you play? Basketball; I played for about seven
years but when I discovered the sport of volleyball, I devoted
myself to one sport.

7. What is your major and what do you plan to do with
your degree? I have not yet decided on my major. I am
interested in criminal justice and psychology.

8. If you could travel back in time to any point in
history, where would you go? I would go back to my
childhood when I used to go camping at the lake with my parents.
Those were some of the best times of my life.

9. What is your favorite book?The Five
Love Languages

10. What is your favorite food?
Seafood…crab legs, potatoes, salad.

11. If you could visit any place in the world, where
would it be? I would like to visit Australia.

12. What is one word that describes you and
why? Determined… I was determined to play
volleyball and go to school at Lees Mcrae. It was my dream, and I
didn't give up on it. I am determined to be the best I can be at
whatever it may be.